Rakičan

Rakičan
Rakičan
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°39′4″N 16°11′53″E / 46.65111°N 16.19806°E / 46.65111; 16.19806Coordinates: 46°39′4″N 16°11′53″E / 46.65111°N 16.19806°E / 46.65111; 16.19806
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Prekmurje
Statistical region Mura
Municipality Murska Sobota
Area
 • Total 9.21 km2 (3.56 sq mi)
Elevation 185.7 m (609.3 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 1,523
[1]

Rakičan (pronounced [ɾaˈkiːtʃan]; Hungarian: Battyánfalva[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Murska Sobota in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.[3]

There is a Baroque mansion known as Rakičan Castle west of the main settlement. It stands in a large park and was originally a 17th-century castle with defences that was remodelled in the 18th century.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Radkersburg und Luttenberg (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut.
  3. ↑ Murska Sobota municipal site
  4. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 6791


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